i think it's the meds, personally. i have the exact same issue. and i don't like it either. i forget things all the time now. and it has affected my work too. ugh. i feel your pain!

are you just getting on meds?

my memory has gotten better as i adjust to the meds.

i have been off and on with my meds.. i was in denial for such a long time.. Im on seroquel now.. but the forgetfulness is when im off and on my meds.. i was lexapro before.. and before that lithium, klonopen depakote.. so im not sure what it is.. i just hate the fact that i do or say things and forget that i do them..
Im going to my first support meeting next tuesday..and i started my seroquel last time.. when i say im just now comming to terms with it, i mean im just NOW comming to terms with it.. i have been in denial since 95..

i take seroquel 600mg, cymbalta 60mg, ativan 6-8mg and lamictal 200mg. i was in denial too for a very long time. several doctors told me that i was BP. as soon as they did i was on to another doc.

i'm sure you know that it is very important that you stay consistent with your meds. it will help you in so many ways. even if i miss my meds by a few hours it can throw me off for days.

it's great that you are going to a support group! i've never been to one... well, other than here. let us know how it turns out.

give yourself a break too... at least you are trying to deal with it now. i know how difficult it is... for me it was the stigma of society and family and friends. but you have a support network here!

i think a lot of it is the meds. some of it could be the bpd, too, especially if you have racing thoughts. i have the same problem.

wait, what was i talking about?

I'm 21. I was told last year about my Bipolar and unfortunately I was going through annorexia at the same time. I've got that under control and I've been trying to get better on my own and do herbal meds... but I forget SO MUCH. It's funny that I found this today because just Friday I broke down because of my problems forgetting. Can it JUST be because of Bipolar... and not meds.... because I'm not on them right now. ARGH. please help.

on sunday morning.. i boyfriend was talking ot me and for the life of me i thougth it was saturday... so now im forgetting full days...
this is tooo much

I do that a lot.
I've been trying to keep the racing thoughts and forgetfulness in my control lately.
The racing thoughts: when you have them you've got to just sit and realize what you're worrying about and then you KNOW what you've got to do to help yourself. With me, I know that I'm going to get racing thoughts when my body hasn't had enough to eat or enough sleep. So, instead of running around like a chicken with my head chopped off and almost killing everyone, help yourself and go to sleep. Or eat. Or sit and meditate in a word... haha. I know that sounds so dumb, but my word is "chill". And It started a while ago, but that word just calms me down. I just sit and say to myself. "Kat you need to chill... just chill" people think I'm crazy sitting in my jeep and they see me with my eyes closed talking to myself but I know that it'll help me so I do it. And then go have a nap for a bit.

I don't know if you blame yourself for forgetting, but I do. And I have huge self-confidence issues. So, when I forget things for my profs and important people in my life I instantly think that they're going to hate me and think I'm lazy or ungrateful. And then my mind starts racing. But again... (haven't got ahold of this talent yet) I've got to stop and realize what I'm fretting about, realize that there's nothing I could have done more... as long as I've given my best effort. Which is hard to admit when you're down on yourself...

I'm done ranting. lol

hope that helps someone.

oh my i feel like im reading my own story on line.. my now exboyfreind cant seem to handle it all.. because the bipolar makes me do things like not paybills be responsible.. i guess it is because he i does not know alot about it..
he thinks it is easy.. he thinks i should have told him in the beginning of this relationship that i was bipolar., but i was in such denial that i did not see the point.. oh well im better off..im just going to finish off the lease and move on.. im worth working on and finding love with the right person...


now im dont ranting.. lol

What do you mean by 'racing thoughts'? My boyfriend has told me something about his mind jumping from thought to thought and that sometimes he can't sleep cause his head is just too busy. It has happened that he thinks he did things, when, it wasn't him, it was me or someone else. Also, it has happened to him that he finds some of his stuff where it shouldn't be... he is attributing it to ghosts, but i think he is just forgetting that he moved them or he is just too distracted.
Or maybe I'm the bipolar one? I don't know! lol
Anyways, describe 'racing thoughts' please, and please tell me if this just happens when you're bipolar or if it's a common thing among all people.

what i mean about racing thoughts.. i mean i cant seem to think about one thing at one time.. my mind seems to be on speed and my body cant catch up.. i feel like i should be doing i just cant seem to relax my head or sleep.. well now that im on meds.. it is better.. but it is the worse thing to feel like your going out of your mind..
hope that helps

#1. Good for you for getting rid of the twit boy. he's not worth it if he's not going to be there for you while you go through this. it's not something you have to admit to ANYONE unless you feel confortable doing it. my boy knows from the beginning but i knew he'd be ok. he's just getting used to it though and i try to explain how i'm feeling so he can understand what i'm going through.

#2. last night i was really tired and i got very suddenly unhappy and my mind was racing and boy was asking me questoins and i just had to tell him that i couldn't talk and that i needed sleep.
my mind racing is when i know that there's all these things to do and i'm not doing them, and that people aren't happy with me, and that my life will never work. just about EVERYTHING that could go wrong in a life... that's what your mind races in. and if you have someone that's trying to tell you otherwise it gets worse and worse....
i've had the thing with ghosts... lol. it really is very scary and frustrating not knowing where things are when you just put them down. try to be not too wierd about the amount of things he's forgetting and misplacing. i do it all the time and there's a couple firends that look at me wierd and call me dumb and blonde.... but it's so frustrating. and you feel so stupid every time....
i don't know if that helpts at all

i'm not sure anymore about memory issues... ugh. it's horrible. my husband makes me feel bad, maybe not on purpose, but he laughs at me when he has to recount an entire day/night/event to me. i don't find it funny... at all. and i'm a goofy gal and i've always been able to laugh at myself. i won't even get into how it's affecting my work. i just can't write about it right now... it's too painful.

thanks for the info everyone. I try not to look at my bf weird... although it did freak me out one time that he claimed to have done something that a stranger did while he just stood there. I was like " uhm... you just stood there?" lol. Anyways, now i don't know if it's me who remembers things all wrong or if it's him. It's hard to tell when there are no third witnesses.
I think everyone forgets where they put something even if they just had it... so don't feel bad. It's annoying when people make fun of you, but that's something that happens to everyone at one time or another.

I can relate all too well...memory is a real pain in the buttkiss. But what is even worst is when you realise that you did something and can't believe that you did it! It's scary to say the least.

Then, you get situations where you can't believe that you forgot to do some simple thing.

The security company is getting egro with me cus I always forget to turn off the alarm before I enter the house and then they come screaming around the corner, thinking it's a burglar.

I, myself are also concerned about repercussions at work due to this...

Urgh...good luck to all with this prob...and wish me luck too...

yeah i have done thing that later on when someone tells me i have done it, that it amazes me..im taking it one day at a time.. taking my meds and just started a support group for bipolar yesterday.. oh it was hard.. but in the end it was great..
starting to come to terms with all of this..
good luck

Wow that's a lot of seroquel.

When my mind was racing, I wrote on http:www.jessyandminneh.com. Then my mind stopped racing but my heart was aching. I had to deal with what was in the heart. Now I am almost at peace. I take my medication, I write, I read, I walk, I clean our home, I have a routine that I follow.

yeah... that's what i've been thinking too lately. thinking of cutting back to 300mg a day but am afraid i'll go nuts again. oh, and i lost my job two weeks ago. so... yeah, i'm going down fast. memory is still not good at all. i'm missing short and long term. i think...

my dr. told me that the more seroquel i can handle the better...?? anyone else heard that?

My memory is also pretty terrible. I have been on lithium, effexor, depakote, trileptol and zoloft, and I'm not quite sure which did the most damage to my thinking process. Currently I am on trileptol and zoloft... and I was on those when I went for a neuro-psych evaluation back in highschool (to be accepted into the 504 plan). This really really long test claimed that I had poor auditory processing along with other things, mostly affecting memory and learning. If you are a student and memory has become an issue for you, you can get help.
ps. I find it silly that I am an audio engineer with auditory processing issues....